1058 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH NOVEMBER, 1881.
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SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
HE Court will sit in Summary Jurisdiction,
every Friday, until further notice.
HIE Court will sit in Original Jurisdiction,
further notice.
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By Order of the Court,
C. F. A. SANGSTER,
Acting Registrar.
VICE-ADMIRALTY COURT OF
HONGKONG.
IE Sittings of this Court will be held on every Monday and Thursday, until further notice.
By Order of the Court,
C. F. A. SANGSTER,
Acting Registrar.
In the Goods of CAROLINA MARIA FRANCISCA GARCIA PLEXS, deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given to the next of kill,
and all other persons to produce any Wills or Codicils of the above named person, deceased, that may be in their possession, before the Supreme Court, in its Probate Jurisdiction, on Tuesday, the Sixth day of December, 1881; or if none, that the next of kin do acceptor refuse Letters of Administration, failing which, Letters of Admi- nistration will be granted to the Registrar of the said Court, or such person as the Court may think fit.
By the Court,
C. F. A. SANGSTER,
Acting Registrar.
Supreme Court, 26th November, 1881.
THE BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE, 1864.
MEMORANDUM of DEED to be registered pursuant to "The Bankruptcy Ordi- nance, 1864."
1. Title of Deed.
2. Date of Deed.
9. Date of Execu-
Deed of Assignment for the be- nefit of Creditors.
The Seventeenth day of Novem- ber, 1881.
The Seventeenth day of Novem- tion by Debtors. her, 1881.
4. Names and
Description of Debtors.
5. Name and
Description of Trustee,
6. Nature and Bi-
feet of Deed.
7. When left for
Registration.
CHING TUKI, CHING KWOK WA, TSE LAN Po, and LI CHUI NAM lately carrying on business in copartnership as mat dealers, at No. 144, Wing Lock Street, Vie- toria, Hongkong, under the firm name of "Tsun Cheong."
TSANG KU TONG, manager of the Tung Fat Shop, No. 101, Bonham Strand, Victoria, afore- said.
Deed of Assignment of all the Estate and Effets of the Debtors (except personal efferts not ex- ceeling the sum of $100) to the Trustee upon trust to be auplied and administered as if the Debtors had been at the date of the Deed adjudged Bankrupts.
Release to Debtors.
24th November, 1881.
I certify the above to be a true copy of the Entry in the Registry Book of Deeds under "The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1864."
C. F. A. SANGSTER, Acting Registrar.
Supreme Court House, Hongkong, 24th day of November, 1881.
DENNYS & MOSSOP,
Solicitors for the aborenamed Trustee, 18, Bank Buildings, Hongkong.
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TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.
HE GREAT NORTHERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY, (amalgamated with the ORIENTAL TELEPHONE COMPANY, LIMITED, as regards Telephone Lines in Hongkong and China) with transfer of "letters patent," for the use of improvements in Telephones invented by THOMAS ELVA EDISON, ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, ARNHOLD WHITE, FREDERIC ALLEN GOWER, &c., &c.
BELL & EDISON'S SYSTEM. Permission having been granted by the Government to establish a Telephone Exchange in Hongkong, the above Company hereby begs to invite Subscriptions from the Public.
Throughout Europe and America Telephone Exchanges have already gained such a reputa tion by facilitating daily intercourse and by ensuring the safety of private and public pro- perty, that they may now be considered indis- pensable in all large Cities and Business Centres. Hongkong with its vast commercial transactions and valuable property, is essen- tially a place where a well conducted Tele- phone Exchange will be of the greatest use, and in laying this Prospectus before the Public, the Company hopes that it may count upon the general support not only of the merchants and professional members of the Community, but also of the different Govern- ment Departments in order to render the service as efficient as possible.
The Exchange will be worked in the follow- ing way, viz.: a Head Office will be established in the central part of the town provided with the best Telephone appliances according to the newest and most approved European and American inventions. Each subscriber will be supplied with a complete set of Instruments, and will be put in direct communication with the central office by separate wires.
When wishing to use the Telephone, a Sub- scriber will only have to call the Central Station and give the name of the party he wishes to speak with, the wires are then immediately switched together, and the two Subscribers will be in direct communication with each other. When they have finished. the Central Office is notified to that effect by a Bell Signal, the wires are then disconnected, and any other connection can be made if desired, and so on. The dialogue between the subscribers is of course quite private, and can only be heard by the two parties concerned. It should distinctly be understood that the messages are not spoken to the Central Office, and thence transmitted to the person to be communicated with, but the two wires are simply switched together, thus forming one continuous line, over which conversation can be carried with perfect case and privacy.
The Central Office will, if practicable, be open to the general public, so that any person can thence communicate with the Subscribers. For this service non-subscribers would have to pay a small fee according to the time they occupy the wire.
The Telephones used by the Company are the Combination-Bell-Edison. These Instru- ments, which are far superior to all other Te- lephones on account of their great distinctness of sound, combined with easy management, have met with unrivalled success throughout the world, and are now also adopted by the British Government Departinents in England and India.
The subscription fee will to some extent depend upon the number of subscribers, but the price will not exceed $150 per annum for town subscribers. The following boundaries will be taken as terminating the town, viz., West, The Gas Works. East,-Police Station No. 2. South-Caine Road and Kennedy Road, etc. Subscribers outside these limits would have to pay a proportionally higher charge according to the length of wire required and the difficulties to be overcome in con- structing and maintaining the line. The sub- scription will be binding for one year, payable quarterly in advance.
All maintenance expenses of Instruments and wires are included in the above price, and the subscribers will have nothing to pay beyond the fixed annual charge.
The Central Office will be under competent supervision, and an efficient staff of clerks will be in attendance during office hours.
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The Company will also undertake to make private arrangements for persons wishing to be in direct communication with their offices, godowns, etc., and to take over the mainte- nance of such lines at a reasonable charge.
In order to expedite the work, subscribers are requested to send in their names to the undersigned agent at an carly date.
Should sufficient support not be received, the Company is not bound to establish the Exchange.
A. SUENSON,
Superintendent.
Hongkong, November 10th, 1881.
CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE.
NOTICE is hereby given, that an Extra-
ordinary General Meeting of the Share- holders in the Canton Insurance Office will be held at the Company's Office on THURSDAY, the 8th day of December, 1881, at Three of the clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of con- sidering, and if thought fit, passing, the sub- joined Resolution :—
RESOLUTION.
That the Company be wound up voluntarily as from the 31st December, 1881, under the Provisions of the Companies' Ordinances, 1865 and 1877, and that the Honourable FRANCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON and EDWARD FLEET ALFORD be, and they are hereby appointed Liquidators, for the purpose of such winding up.
Dated this 23rd day of November, 1881.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,
General Agents.
N.B.-Proposals will be submitted to the same Meeting for the reorganization of the interests represented by the Canton Insurance Office into a Limited Company, to commence operations on the 1st January, 1882.
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FOR SALE.
ICTIONNAIRE
CORÉEN-FRANÇAIS,
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PRICE:-In boards, $13 per copy; bound,
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